The fifth increase in cigarette prices in 2026 kicks in today, Tuesday, May 6th. The average price increase is 20 cents per pack, with new excise duties also affecting cigars and various brands in Italy.
It's not out of the question that the government might consider an electoral budget plan for the final year of its term, but giving in to populist pension solutions, even if they're not unwelcome to the opposition, would be extremely dangerous for the stability of the pension system...
Furniture and Appliances Bonus 2026: This is an income tax deduction equal to 50% of total expenses, calculated on a maximum threshold of €5.000. What can and cannot be purchased? The social bonus has also been confirmed for this year.
Starting today, Friday, January 16th, the first cigarette price increases, up to 30 cents per pack, will take effect. Today's increase only affects certain brands and will be followed by further increases for all other brands still excluded.
Amid controversy over the Fornero reform, adjustments to pension requirements, and accusations of worsening, numbers, logic, and graduality emerge that explain political choices and their impact on the pension system.
The budget law includes an excise tax increase that will lead to a gradual increase in taxes on tobacco products over the next three years. Here's how much a pack of cigarettes will cost.
The budget process, now in its final stages in the Senate, has never been so chaotic. Fortunately, the indexation of pension requirements, which is the cornerstone of the system's sustainability, is safe.
Meloni was forced to convene a majority meeting to close ranks after the recent rift within her coalition. New cuts to early retirement for early workers, and what happens with severance pay?
Italy comes to a standstill on Friday, December 12th, for the CGIL general strike. Transportation, schools, healthcare, public offices, and the private sector are affected. In Rome, buses, metro, and trams operate regularly.
The ECB is once again pushing back on the Bank of Italy's gold in the budget: for the Eurotower, the new amendment from FdI doesn't clarify the specific purpose of the measure. Economy Minister Giorgetti: "We will clarify."
Majority agreement on short-term rentals. FdI, FI, and Lega intend to eliminate the increase from 21 to 26% on primary rentals, but coverage remains a key issue. Everything you need to know
Suffocated by a barrage of opposing amendments, the French budget law faces a race against time to be approved by the end of the year. But the rating agencies have already put it in their sights and...
The 2026 Irpef is not a gift to the "rich": the analysis by Upb, Istat and the Bank of Italy shows different effects for different categories and incomes, clarifying the political-media misunderstanding on the reduction of the rate to 33% and on the tax exemption of contract renewals.
Among the many areas on which the budget has been timid, there is also the tax on rich people, which is indeed increased from the previous 200 thousand euros, but on potentially unlimited assets and with no guarantees of benefits for the economy of…
The Draft Budget Document has been published. The text includes updates on the contribution of banks and insurance companies, which are facing strong resistance from the financial sector. Defense spending, pensions, caregivers, and working mothers: here's the latest news on the budget.
The budget is taking shape with a majority agreement on the main measures. Restrictions on the debt restructuring and pensions, and €1 billion for families. Here are the main measures.
The assembly of industrialists from Rome and Lazio was a massive demonstration attended by over a thousand entrepreneurs. Here are the expectations of the business community on the eve of the budget bill's approval.
Deficit at 3% this year. GDP at 0,5% in 2025 and 0,7% in 2026, with a slight expansionary effect from the budget. The Government updates its macroeconomic estimates and prepares the budget law, the fourth under the Meloni government. The PPB confirms: an acceptable scenario but...
2025 nursery bonus, here's who can request the contribution of up to 3.600 euros dedicated to children born from 2024. All the news, from the Isee to how to submit the application and the deadlines
Legislative measures do not immediately produce the effects for which they are passed and to the extent expected. Frequent monitoring by the competent, authoritative and impartial institutional bodies is necessary. This is why politicians and trade unionists should read the Upb analysis on the law…
Budget 2025, here are the new features on social safety nets: from redundancy fund to Naspi, case by case the provisions contained in the Budget Law passed by the Meloni Government and the funds allocated
There are 211 votes in favor, 117 against. In the evening the Note of variation and the final green light. Text in the Senate on Monday. Here are the main new features of the measure
Renewable funds for businesses paralyzed by bureaucracy. The Association's proposals to the government on the occasion of the budget law.
The 2025 Budget Law contains measures that do not respond to the energy transition. Parliamentary debate is being looked at for substantial changes
In his speech at the 100th edition of Savings Day, Giorgetti did not mention the slowdown in our GDP growth in the third quarter. Panetta's words were clear, as were those of Patuelli and President Mattarella. Italians…
The Italian Public Accounts Observatory of the Catholic University, directed by Giampaolo Galli, analyses the impact of the 2025-2027 budget law, highlighting its restrictive nature and raising doubts about the revenue forecasts and the effectiveness of the measures
On Tuesday 15 October the Budget Planning Document will be approved by the Council of Ministers and sent to Brussels. While the government is trying to fill a gap of around 9 billion, Giorgetti warns: "Proposals from the ministers or I will intervene"
Budget, Bankitalia warns in the hearing in Parliament on the Structural Budget Plan for the EU: the correction of GDP for 2024 brings the estimated growth to 0,8% compared to the Government's forecast of 1%. Caution grows among Italian companies
Quota 41 is a case of real "smuggling" of social security reforms and making this requirement the cornerstone of pension guidance is wrong for three reasons. The new scenario from 2025 and the lines of a reformed system
An INPS circular explains the terms of the extension of the social APE also for 2024 and a message clarifies that there are no maximum age limits for access to unemployment benefits
In focusing on the budget strategies of member countries, the Parliamentary Budget Office underlines that Italian debt remains the second highest in Europe after Greece
Focus of the board of directors on the Budget law and Pnrr
The 2024 Budget Law introduced significant innovations on pensions, the adjustment of life expectancy, revaluations and much more. Let's look at them one by one
After the final green light from the Senate, that from the House also arrived. Here are the main innovations of the 2024 Maneuver
An amendment to the Budget could trigger a third installment of the IMU, requiring those who have already paid the second to pay an adjustment by 29 February 2024
Interview with Gian Maria Milesi-Ferretti, former deputy director of the IMF and now senior fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington - Faced with the difficulties of the Italian economy "the populist attitude towards Europe and investors would be the worst signal"
After the green light for Nadef, the 2024 budget is starting to take shape, a 30 billion measure of which 14 are in deficit - Here are the main upcoming measures
Yes from the Government to the purchase of the Treasury with KKR of the Tim network and new privatizations planned but for the budget maneuver there is little money to keep the electoral promises: this is what emerged from the first meeting of the Council…
There are two possible paths for the next budget law: austerity or deficit maneuvering. What will the Government choose? As the European elections approach, it is not difficult to imagine that Meloni will choose the easier path
There are two possible paths for the next budget law: austerity or deficit maneuvering. What will the Government choose? As the European elections approach, it is not difficult to imagine that Meloni will choose the easier path
From 21 February, applications can be submitted to access quota 103, the new flexible early pension provided for by the 2023 Budget Law. Here is everything you need to know and the instructions from the ines to submit the application
INPS has published a circular in which it communicates the conclusion of the pension revaluation activities. Here's everything you need to know
The House voted to trust the Maneuver, during the night the definitive ok to the provision. Tour de force to avoid the provisional exercise
The troubled process of the Budget law continues - The opinion of the Accounting Office arrived, text in commission - Government towards confidence, final vote on 24 December
The Government presented the definitive amendments to the 2023 Maneuver - From POS to mortgages, from RDC to pensions, here is the latest news on the Maneuver
The extension of the 110% superbonus will be included in the Budget law and not in the Aid Quater decree. But there is another deadline to meet. Here are all the news
The Maneuver is in line with the recommendations of Brussels which, however, criticizes measures on cash, POS, pensions and tax truce - Giorgetti: "Satisfied, national owls denied"
Speaking on the Budget Law before the Budget Commissions of the Chamber and the Senate, the President of the Parliamentary Budget Office (UPB), Lilia Cavallari, appreciated the Government's commitment to reduce the debt/GDP ratio but made many observations on the various wait…
Bankitalia rejects the measures on cash and on the Pos and on the flat tax: "it increases the discrepancies between employees and the self-employed". Istat on basic income: "The cut will affect 1 out of 5"
With the tax truce contained in the 2023 Budget Law, important news arrives on tax records. Different rules based on amounts and deadlines, here's everything you need to know
The Meloni government's measures on the increase in the cash ceiling and the non-obligation for traders to accept Pos payments within 60 euros worry the EU Commission. There is also a tender node for local authorities. At risk…
Changing the inflation revaluation mechanism - Higher increases for the lowest pensions in 2023: here's how much they will be band by band
INTERVIEW WITH STEFANO MICOSSI, economist and former General Manager of Assonime - "The Meloni government's budget law is in continuity with Draghi even if there are three critical aspects: pensions, Flax tax and health care" - The objections are incomprehensible…
With the new budget law from 2023, the rules for citizenship income will change. A transitional period is foreseen for those who can be employed, news for seasonal workers. Here's everything you need to know
The Prime Minister speaks of a "courageous maneuver and result of political choices". Giorgetti: "Courage to make unpopular choices". But Letta takes to the streets on 17 November
The Meloni Budget Law is attentive to financial balances but where is the growth? No guarantee on Pnrr reforms and implementation. Gift to Salvini on pensions
Budget law in the pipeline: the government wants to enact it on Monday. Here are the main measures that will come in, including the cash ceiling of 5.000 euros removed from the Aiuti quater decree
The increase in the threshold for the use of cash to 5 euros, which had been included in the Aiuti Quater decree, disappeared before publication in the Official Gazette. "But it is not a step backwards", underlines the Government
The Government intends to change the citizen's income, narrowing the audience of beneficiaries only to those who cannot work. The Ministry of Labor announces: "Contracts of Navigators cannot be extended", here's what changes
The new decree against high bills and the budget law will be Meloni's first commitments as tomorrow she will meet Macron for the first time - What will happen to pensions, taxation and justice - Sigh of relief from the laity...
How will you retire in 2023? The answer will come in the next budget law, but what is certain is that, without an intervention from the new government, the Fornero law will return on 1 January 2023. A hypothesis that does not like…
During his speech on the Nadef, the premier announced the arrival of a provision on safety in the workplace and the appointment with the first control room on the Pnrr - On October 12, the G20 on Afghanistan - Land registry: "No taxes on first homes "…
An allowance for VAT numbers for the lowest incomes is coming - Extended Ecobonus - New incentives on electric cars - More taxes on electronic cigarettes - The text arrives in the Chamber on Tuesday, to then pass armored…
The suspension of eviction procedures for residential properties ends in theory on December 31st, but an amendment to Ristori 4 presented by the 5 Stars and another presented by the Democratic Party to the Budget Law could extend it up to…
The budget law arrives in Parliament, but the general structure is already clear and only the Chamber will have time to amend the text - To date, the maneuver is worth 38 billion: let's see, point by point, the main contents
For the years 2020-3, polygraphic workers who have 35 years of contributions can access early retirement according to the provisions of the 2020 budget law
The budget law arriving in October will have to have a zero balance: to introduce a new Irpef rate it will therefore be necessary to reduce the Babel of deductions and deductions - New spending cuts also needed
From family car liability insurance to bonuses on company cars, from anti-abandonment seats to vehicles for the disabled: here are the new rules introduced with the budget law and the tax decree
With the new budget law, two impediments have been reintroduced which cut around 340 VAT numbers out of the flat-rate regime - A mini-premium is coming for those who choose electronic invoices
VAT, tax wedge, Green New Deal, plastic and sugar tax, bonus facades and much more: this is what the 2020 budget law contains, approved by the Senate and destined to pass unchanged in the Chamber
The maxi-amendment that contains the entire budget law finally comes out of the commissions, but only to be ratified by the two assemblies, which will not be able to modify the text - Rumors about a 700 million hole denied
In any case, the new executive will have to find at least 23 billion just to avoid the increase in VAT: farewell to the Salvinian flat tax will help to get back into the accounts, but other problems remain.
The lack of decrees implementing the new rules on Individual Savings Plans (PIR) has blocked these new financial investment instruments dear above all to families and risks procrastinating the paralysis for months
The Budget Law has eliminated the concessions for technical consultancy aimed at the mere seismic classification of buildings, which then do not necessarily lead to safety measures - Giorgio Lupoi (OICE): "A lost opportunity".
The new Budget Law blocks the excellence bonus for online universities. The denied incentive has already given rise to several online petitions, from students, to ask for further reflection on the merits
To save money, the government is trying to discourage the use of the 100 quota: those who take advantage of the new channel for early retirement will not be able to collect other payments until they turn 67 - News for civil servants on…
The European Commission corrects Italy's accounts by estimating that in 2019 the deficit will rise to 2,9% of GDP (and not just 2,4%), that public debt will remain at 131% and that Italian economic growth will lower…
The government's risky maneuver and even more so the anti-Europe statements of Salvini and Di Maio cause a rain of sales on the Stock Exchange - Bank shares plummet and the spread is close to 280
The government is evaluating a reduction in excise duties to be included in the tax decree linked to the Budget law: it will reduce the pump price by three cents per liter - Among the latest solutions being studied in view of the presentation of the Def…
The government plans to allow people to leave work before the age of 67, but foresees penalties to reduce the costs of the reform - There is talk of a temporary cut of 1-1,5% or a permanent reduction of 0,5- 1% - Alternatively,…
From the blog Advise Only - Waiting to discover the content of the new manoeuvre, let's take a detailed look at what the Budget Law is, what it is for and what are the procedures and deadlines that characterize it.
At the end of a summit at Palazzo Chigi, the Government reassured the markets: "We will respect the budget constraints" - And in the transition from promises to reality, the flagship measures of the Lega and Movimento 5 Stelle change their skin: on basic income…
The Italy risk pushes Italian investors to leave the Italian market: in just 2 months they have sold 72 billion euros in government bonds but also shares and bonds of Italian companies - It's the uncertainty about economic policy…
The proposal, delivered by the Lega to the Treasury, provides for the regularization of cash held abroad and assets kept in safety deposit boxes against the payment of a flat-rate tax equal to 15-20% - Non soldo: the money emerged or repatriated…
Di Maio and Salvini reject Tria's proposals to finance the next budget law, but do not withdraw on basic income and flat tax - Meanwhile, the update note to the Def is expected in September: we go ...
UBS REPORT - The rise in yields on BTPs and the spread weigh on bank capital and the real economy, but the crucial appointment will be that of the autumn budget maneuver - What to do on the Stock Exchange
Government meeting at Palazzo Chigi in view of the new public finance maneuver - Tria reassures the markets: "Agreement on the launch of flat tax and basic income within a framework of compatibility". But finding the funds will be a real…
The Court declares the extension decided with the 2017 Budget Law unconstitutional. It does not rule out the possibility of imposing long-term savings on the Regions, but reiterates that the individual measures to contain public spending must present the…
The new government will have to address public finance issues immediately and present the new Economic and Financial Document. The correction on 2018 and the objectives for 2019: there you will see the concrete choices and how they will be set…
The budget, Donald Trump tweeted, includes a $300 billion increase in military spending and national programs. Thanks to 240 votes in favor and despite the opposition of a large part of the Democrats, the second ends…
The Budget Law has banned the practice of cash payment for employment contracts, cococo and cooperatives - Here are the special cases and other limits on the use of cash.
Here's what you need to know about the new facilitation introduced by the 2018 Budget law: what it is, who is entitled to it, what rules must be respected and how it works for condominiums.
A new bonus system has been active since 50 January to encourage the hiring of young people: tax relief for businesses ranges from 100 to XNUMX% and the regions that benefit the most are those of the South.
The measure has been extended by one year, but with an important difference compared to the version in force until 2017: the check will last only 12 months, no longer 36 - Here are the rules on the amount, requirements and methods of access.
Several innovations have been introduced by the latest budget law and the previous tax decree: some rules have been created from scratch and confirmation has arrived for others, but in some cases (the most insidious) the old rules have been modified.
The budget law arrives in the Chamber - Several last-minute news: from stabilizations in schools to the stop for cash salaries, up to the anti-plastic rules
The Chamber approved an amendment to the 2018 Budget law which modifies the new rules on the remuneration of professionals.
Taxation, social security, work, education: point by point the content of the budget law approved in the first reading by the Senate.
The measure is stabilized but reduced, according to the amendment presented to the Budget Bill: it is financed with 165 million in 2018 and 295 million for 2019 which rise to 228,5 in 2020.
In the Senate, the Government crisis is almost upon us due to the shower of amendments to the maneuver with an increase in spending - The Alfanians impose the renewal of the baby bonus, Pisapia the partial abolition of the health superticket.
